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Doylestown Monthly Meeting Records

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Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Doylestown Monthly Meeting was established by Bucks Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1950. In 1951, it became a United meeting by affiliation with Burlington and Bucks Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox). This is currently an active monthly meeting.

The records include minutes (including minutes from Doylestown Indulged Meeting 1946-1950 prior to being set off as a Monthly Meeting), inactive member records, and newsletters.

Deposit

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2011
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Collection Inventory

RG2/Ph/D63 2.1-2.3. Inactive member records, 1950-1999.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Records of Meeting members who were no longer active, whether by certificate of removal to another Monthly Meeting, removal by request, or death. Records cover members active from the 1940s - 1990s but were removed from the active membership files by Meeting Recorders in the 1970s through 1999.

Arrangement

Inactive member records are arranged chronologically by date of removal, from 1970s - 1999.

Physical Description

3 folders

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/D63 1.1. Minutes of Doylestown Indulged Meeting, 1946-1950.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

The first part of 1.1, the bound minutes of Meeting for Business, includes the minutes of Doylestown Indulged Meeting prior to being set off as a Monthly Meeting in 1950.

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/D63 1.1-1.18. Minutes, 1950-2020.
Box 1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph152 (1946-1957)
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph153 (1950-1978)
  3. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph154 (1979-1983)
  4. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

3 volumes (1.1-1.2, 1.6), 15 folders (some removed from earlier bound volumes)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/D63 3.1-3.5. Newsletters, 1950-1978, 2003-2004, 2011-2013.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Newsletter generally runs monthly, although some periods were more sporadic. Not all copies present in file.

Physical Description

5 folders

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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